The Mote of Mark

The Mote of Mark is a low boss of granite rising above the eastern shore of Rough Firth. It first assumed national importance with Alexander Curle's major work in 1913, and was re-excavated in the 1970s. These excavations were designed to answer three specific questions: How many phases of activity are represented in the structural history of the defenses? How many phases of activity are represented? And, how does the evidence of occupation within the defenses relate to their structural history? This book presents the results of the excavations and their interpretation.

List of contents

Introduction; The stratigraphic evidence of the 1973 and 1979 excavation; Metalworking evidence; The evidence of the artefacts; Animal bones (Jennifer Bourdillon); The objects cast in the clay moulds; Discussion and synthesis; Bibliography, Index; Colour plates.

About the author

by Lloyd Laing and David Longley

Summary

The Mote of Mark is a low boss of granite rising from forty-five metres above the eastern shore of Rough Firth, where the Urr Water enters the Solway, between the villages of Kippford and Rockcliffe. This site was excavated in the 1970s and this book presents the results of the excavations.

Product details

• Authors: Lloyd Laing, Lloyd Robert Laing, David Longley
• Publisher: Oxbow Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2006
• No. of pages: 190
• Dimensions: 210 mm x 297 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 998 g
• Series: Oxbow Monograph; Oxbow Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity